For the 4" one you have to drill out the inner fender hole and that was a pita! I did the polished cover because it didn't look too good under where the stock airbox was...Once the hole is drilled it's fairly easy to install...

The 3.5" piece goes in the stock hole but it's tight and you have to twist and turn and play with it to get it in...we did the cover on his car for the same reason...

I don't know if you are even considering breaking down the engine at all but you have to ditch that E Cam to see what that engine can do. I would do a 75mm minimum and run a cam with at least 224 degrees duration on the intake. You can probably run more but talking to one of the guys at Comp or a custom grind. You'll also want to stick with 112-114 lobe separation imo. What kind of headers do you have? I would do a set of shorty 1 3/4" headers.

Are your heads ported at all?

i have thought about a new cam, im on the fence about it still. if i do, i would probably do a custom cam.

i have bbk shorty headers at the moment. i think they are 1 5/8" but i am not positive. i actually thought the next time i did exhaust i would do longtubes, but i dont know when that would be. would LT's be too much for my current setup?

I don't know if you are even considering breaking down the engine at all but you have to ditch that E Cam to see what that engine can do. I would do a 75mm minimum and run a cam with at least 224 degrees duration on the intake. You can probably run more but talking to one of the guys at Comp or a custom grind. You'll also want to stick with 112-114 lobe separation imo. What kind of headers do you have? I would do a set of shorty 1 3/4" headers.

I don't know if you are even considering breaking down the engine at all but you have to ditch that E Cam to see what that engine can do. I would do a 75mm minimum and run a cam with at least 224 degrees duration on the intake. You can probably run more but talking to one of the guys at Comp or a custom grind. You'll also want to stick with 112-114 lobe separation imo. What kind of headers do you have? I would do a set of shorty 1 3/4" headers.

Are your heads ported at all?

how much bigger of a cam can you generally run with TW heads? i know it depends on many factors, including pistons, RR's, heads etc. the reason i am on the fence about the cam is because i do not want to have to tear the short block apart to clearance the pistons for a bigger cam. i believe my pistons from CHP had about a 9.25:1 CR with the stock E7 heads. i have the actual order sheet around.

just wondering if there is a practical limit, or if just about every setup should be checked/clayed

I am almost positive they are identicle and Edelbrock/BBK put their name on it.

they are ok quality-wise? i know both are reputable companies, just wondering if one is better than the other. i really liked those accufab ones , only heard good things about them, and they are pretty gorgeous

I have an Edelbrock TB on my car with no issues...comes with a new TPS too which is nice.

cool, thanks for the input. ill hopefully order something this week. just been busy and havent done any researching lately. briefly read something a few weeks ago about people having "whistling" issues with their BBK T/B's, but wasnt sure if it was just another internet rumor.

i already ordered it earlier today. was at first going to go with the 75, but your prior post about your buddy having to dremel his intake scared me off. plus, i think one of modo's ealier posts in this thread said go with what the inlet is, no more, no less

i figured since the intake inlet is 70, a 75 wouldnt help anyways. hopefully ill still be ok with this.

i already ordered it earlier today. was at first going to go with the 75, but your prior post about your buddy having to dremel his intake scared me off. plus, i think one of modo's ealier posts in this thread said go with what the inlet is, no more, no less

i figured since the intake inlet is 70, a 75 wouldnt help anyways. hopefully ill still be ok with this.